New Road to TV Fame: The Podcast
The new road to TV fame may be that lowliest form of the internet age, the podcast. The latest comes tonight when "Stuff You Should Know" (Science, 10 p.m.) bringing…
Also On Saturday: Tot Mom Trial Movie
Besides maintaining a nifty comic turn on "Parks and Recreation," Rob Lowe is starting to become a go-to guy for pulpy Lifetime movies torn from tabloid headlines. After playing Drew…
Friday TV: A ‘Fringe’ Farewell, Maher’s Back
The trouble with shows that people get misty about at their end, is that they really felt this way about the series, they should have been watching earlier and more…
Armstrong Rides for Discovery Again
Though she's not a sports journalist, nor an investigator on the rank of those on "60 Minutes," which broke other parts of the story, Oprah Winfrey has acquired a reputation…
A New Invader to ‘Vegas’
If the first episodes of the CBS drama "Vegas" was about the arrival of East Coast mob forces into the wild west beginnings of a gambling town, it was the…
Thursday TV: ‘Legit,’ ‘Archer,’ More ‘Idol’
It's a tough sell to have a profane, inconsiderate lout be your main protagonist That's the case with Jim Jeffries, a comedian from Australia who I wasn't aware of, who has…
Bebe Wood Loves Old Weird TV
In a season of precocious children on television, the award may well go to Bebe Wood on "The New Normal." During a visit Wednesday to their Spanish Mission-style set (a…
Star is Born Among ‘American Idol’ Judges
Upstaged by other singing competitions, limping into its 12th season with another almost-new cast of judges, you may think "American Idol" (Fox, 8 p.m.) is on its last legs; perhaps…
Also On Wednesday: Kroll Comedy Rolls
Not since Dave Chappelle has a comedy star come so fully formed on Comedy Central as Nick Kroll. The premiere episode of his "Kroll Show" (Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.) fairly…
‘Downton’ Dominates PBS Sessions
The blessings and curse of "Downton Abbey" were evident on the PBS press days that closed out the TV Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena Tuesday. Even as its…